{"id":157857,"date":"2015-07-29T04:01:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T11:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=157857"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:26:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:26:22","slug":"1lebron-james-was-intimidated-by-rousey-couldt-introduce-himself-at-espys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/1lebron-james-was-intimidated-by-rousey-couldt-introduce-himself-at-espys\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The NBA&#8217;s LeBron James Afraid Of Ronda Rousey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rousey.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151237\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rousey.jpg\" alt=\"rousey\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rousey.jpg 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rousey-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rousey-585x305.jpg 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/rousey-390x203.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC champion Ronda Rousey is a star in MMA and now out of the sport as well.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s in movies and has won several awards that span across several sports. Most recently at the ESPYs she picked up two awards, for best fighter and best female athlete.<\/p>\n<p>While there it turns out another sport superstar was actually intimidated to go up and introduce himself to the bantamweight champion.<\/p>\n<p>NBA star LeBron James answered fans questions on Twitter and said he was too afraid to say hi to Rousey at the awards show.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DatDudeDHoov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DatDudeDHoov<\/a> As long as she wanted me to last. I wanted to introduce myself to her at the ESPYs but didn&#39;t want her to kick my butt.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/626179446307950592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>BJ Penn, Matt Hughes, &amp; Frank Trigg Talk Fighting&#8230; Eachother &#8212; EPIC! &#8211; AMAZING! &#8211; MUST WATCH!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 560px;\">\n<div style=\"display: block; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\" src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/3674338004001\/eaee41e3-5171-4ead-a4ec-4e7670e9e465_default\/index.html?videoId=4362815275001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC champion Ronda Rousey is a star in MMA and now out of the sport as well. 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